Taking on the iPhone

It’s been the goal of every mobile manufacturer since Apple launched it’s gateway device. Who would blame them? It looks as if the success of the iPhone has increased adoption of Macs around the country, and to an extent, the world. 

Although the iPhone, and now the iPhone 3G, are the most fashionable and cool phones out, you really don’t need to have one. The iPhone still misses some key features like recording video and the ability to send and receive MMS messages. 

I mean, there are alternatives such as the HTC Touch Diamond, Blackberry Bold, and now the Blackberry Storm. 

The HTC Touch Diamond is on the Sprint Network for $250 (after you save $200 instantly, $100 on a mail in rebate, and with a 2 year contract). [from Engadget]

The Blackberry Bold should be available on the new AT&T this October.

The Blackberry Storm should be available around this October on Verizon Wireless.

As you could probably tell… T-Mobile is the only company that got left out of this super phone race…. err, well, not really. 

According to Fortune, which sites the Wall Street Journal, the first “Google Phone,” powered by Android, will be available on T-Mobile for $199. It’ll be called the HTC Dream. 

So have no fear. You don’t need to have an iPhone to be happy with your mobile device.

Let the games begin

Well, the much rumored 3G iPhone seems to be coming sometime this summer and surely after the immense success of the first iPhone the 3G version will most likely follow suit. Also, the iPhone is getting it’s firmware upgraded to version 2.0 sometime in mid June, which will probably make Apple’s phone a little more corporate friendly.

But everyone knows that already.

There are now two brand new heavyweights though.

iPhone, say hello to the brand new BlackBerry Bold (aka BlackBerry 9000) as well as the HTC Touch Diamond. First, let’s take a look at the iPhone’s new competitors, along with a picture of the iPhone we all know and love.

The BlackBerry Bold features a full QWERTY keyboard along with the revamped and absolutely beautiful Blackberry OS and feature 3G for the first time on a BlackBerry device.

The HTC Touch Diamond is a full touch screen phone like Apple’s device running on Windows Mobile OS with a sleek and sexy presentation.

All three phone look great, and all three look to go to war by the end of the year.

The Bold will be out sometime this summer from AT&T with other versions coming to other carriers as time goes on, and the HTC Touch Diamond has been submitted to the FCC but doesn’t have a carrier in the US yet.

Yahoo! concentrates on Yahoo!

Amazing.

Despite the many buyout offers from Microsoft Yahoo! just keeps on chugging. They’re focused and down to business. Today they announced that they’re improving their mobile phone software with oneSearch 2.0 and a new version of their Go client.

Amazing.

It doesn’t seem like this is a company that might be bought out and merged into another one. Absorbed into Microsoft and creating an online power that could rival Google.

It just doesn’t seem like that at all.

Maybe it’s possible that cooler heads prevail? Yahoo! focuses on Yahoo! enough and they increase their worth. Increase it enough and maybe Microsoft backs down… maybe. It sounds a bit farfetched, but so does Yahoo! concentrating Yahoo! when Microsoft is trying to buy them out.

How would you run a company that is possibly going to be bought out by the largest software company in the world?

All that comes to mind is one word.

Amazing.

America, this is Nokia, I think you two have met.

America, I know you’re in love with Motorola… but… I think it’s about time to re-evaluate your relationship with Moto.

See, Motorola is that sexy, slim, and statuesque model (the Razr) that everyone was in awe of. Everyone in America fell in love… okay, so maybe the thing was shallow (it broke easily and… didn’t work all too well. Psst, it was kind of slooow), but you loved its slim and sexy figure. Slim… unfortunately, was in.

And now? And now your sexy and slim Razr got some plastic surgery and has become the Razr II. Okay, so it got a bit faster and a bit sturdier and a bit bigger and a… eh. Is anyone really wowed by the Razr on steroids? It’s a nice phone, but… come on America, it’s done.

I know your eyes aren’t looking at the Razr II though. No no, of course not… you’re eyes have fastened on that ‘hot geek.’ She’s young, she’s fresh, she likes to be touched, and she’s intelligent. You met the iPhone.

She was a bit high maintenance at first, but she eventually saw the error of her ways and became a bit more affordable for you. And then you smiled and loved her and touched her all you wanted.

You were happy.

But, do you remember how things used to be? Do you remember that European? Ahh yes, that European. Well, she’s grown up. She’s matured… not that she wasn’t mature… wasn’t grown up… she’s evolved.

Meet Nokia, America. Specifically, the Nokia NSeries. From the new N82 to the N96, the NSeries are a brand of smartphones that can put the iPhone to shame, yeah… to shame. I’m sorry iPhone, I really am. Let’s take possibly the flagship of these European sisters, the N82. It’s a candybar phone, but wow… it’s one helluva candybar. Wonka and Hershey be damned.

3G? Check.

GPS? Check.

5 Megapixel camera? Check.

Nokia’s quality? Check.

Ahh yes, I highly suggest you have a chat with Nokia, America. The more you get to know Nokia, the more Nokia gets to know you. The more popular Nokia gets in America, the better phones American consumers will have to choose from.

Oh, and I know some of you have a… asian fetish. Have you met the ultra sexy, ultra modern, and ultra amazing Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1? You should.